"From the Heart to the Hands"

 A Detour Into Creativity – Rebalancing Through Creative Living When the World Feels Heavy: Rebalancing Through Creativity Life doesn’t pause. The laundry piles up, meals need cooking, school pickups happen, bills arrive — all while we juggle work, relationships, and unexpected challenges. Sometimes it feels like walking through Sniper Alley — pressure coming at you from every side. And yet, in the background, life insists on carrying on. A Daughter’s Gentle Nudge A few years ago, after a difficult interview, my daughter Sienna (13 at the time) and I sat in silence, driving home. My mind was racing with everything that had gone wrong. Then, in the quiet, she softly asked: “Mum, is now a good time to tell you… you’re going the wrong way?” She was right — in that moment I had literally taken a wrong turn. But she was also right in a deeper sense. That phrase has stayed with me ever since: Am I still going where I want to go?  Creativity as My Compass I realised I didn’t just wa...